The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-14
For the CorkiEn
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
What IL Is and what 70 looks like
with Brief Description Of
some Of its Famous Works
Of Art. By our special
Correspondent Karu
kapu.

Aapus
The Capitol Building OF every nation
lis always AZ object 81 Interest a. III.
world Al large; but more especially y
lthe nsiive citizens 81 the country In
which /, u located.
And believing that the American
heart beats with a. warm and true ~
|triuii-m aud love for The hendq sarsers
|of their Federal Government and the
Public Buildings, IL which each aud ev.
cry citizen has m equal and undivided
|iutcreet. ~ that OF anv people upon
whom the rays of heavcn's sun shines
For the accommodation or pleasure o'
those who have never vi-ited what Chss.
Dickens ssrrasticnliy termed The "Ciss
|of Magnificent Intentions" on the bsDks
|ot the Historic potomsc. we will write
h lew words descriptive of The snnst not.
led objects OF interest 70 be seen IL the
Federal City.
Az the hub IL 70 wheel 90 u the Cap
|itol Building 10 Washington City. II J.
|situssed directly ia the center ~ The ciss
with broad Avenues extending In all di.
rectione from II.
The Capitol Grounds now occupy
|about fourteen acres Of what IL known
las Capitol HlII.' aud are laid out u
beautiful walks shout the building. form
ling park, IN the center ~ which ri.rs
the 6nest Legislative building In The
world
The Capitol Il built of Freestons
Marble and Iron. II ID seven hundred
and fifty-fivc feet long. aud three hun.
ldred aud forty feer broad. and covers
!nver three and one-haf acres o. ground
lts foundation 10 seventy three feet above
tide water.
The central. or what IL now known .;
1.-THE old building. and The one which wa
partly destroyed by the English in 1914
liz built or Freestonr, according 70 the
Corint THAN style OF architecture. The
Icorner stone was laid in 1793. il The
|prcsence OF General Washington. A
lnow completed Il presents the mo~'
|splendid and imposing architectural nsas'
lin the world. The eastern porsicos give
the bniloing = grand and magnificent
appearance. In the old building they
|extend the whole front Ot The center
the roof resting on massive COrimthi~n
IcolumLs OF stone thirty feet high im just
proportions and taste. Il Is from This
lporiico that ~ ot the Presidents since
1904. have delivered their inaugural ad.
Idresscs. The typanun IL ornssurnied
with an Aliegorical group IN ALTO KS.
lLEIvo, dcsivncd II IL said by John Gum.
icy Adams, and executed IN stone bs
ISignor Perrico. The principal or cen.
ltral figure, elevated on = platform. repre-
|sents the Genius ~ America holding 4
Ishicld. inscribed with the letters ~ >
A" IL her right hand; the shield rest,
Ion sn altar. on which IL ~ osken wrexth
ere the word@ July 4, 1776;v behind Il
Ia spear. Her head u crowned with I
IStar, and y turned towards slope" who
Istands on her leii, with her elbow res,
ling o. the stock OF IN anchor. aud hold
Ing IN her hand part or her drapcry
America directs the attention of Hope q
Justice, holding he constitution OF tl,s
Uuited States IN her right hand and u
her lett the scales. Near her II ~ Esa r.
in the act of winging Il. A ght A ~
command o. America. They ere oil col